Czech National Flag

Czech National Seal 

The three original lands of the Czech Crown are represented on the national seal by three crests:
a lion with two tails representing Bohemia, a red-and-white checkered eagle representing Moravia and a black eagle bearing a silver crescent representing Silesia.

Czech National Anthem

KDE DOMOV MUJ

Kde domov möj, kde domov möj?

Voda hu¹í po lu¹inách,

Bory ëumí po skalinách,

V sadÆ skví se jara kvÆt,

Zemskú ráj to na pohled!

A to je ta krásná zemÆ,

ZemÆ ¹eská, domov möj,

ZemÆ ¹eská, domov möj!

Kde domov möj, kde domov möj?

V kraji znáë-li bohumilém

Duëe utlé v tÆle ¹ilém,

Mysl jasnou, vznik a zdar,

A tu sílu vzdoru zmar!

To je ‡echö slavné plémÆ,

Mezi ‡echy domov möj,

Mezi ‡echy domov möj.

Translation

WHERE IS MY HOME

Where is my home, where is my home?

Water bubbles across the meadows,

Pinewoods rustle among crags,

The garden is glorious with spring blossom,

Paradise on earth it is to see.

And this is that beautiful land,

The Czech land, my home,

The Czech land, my home.

Where is my home, where is my home?

If, in a heavenly land, you have met

Tender souls in agile frames,

Of clear mind, vigorous and prospering,

And with a strength that frustrates all defiance,

That is the glorious race of Czechs,

Among Czechs (is) my home,

Among Czech, my home.

Composed in 1834, recognized in 1919

There was two section: Czech and Slovak.

From 1993, when Slovakia separated,

only the Czech section has been retained

by the new Czech Republic as the National Anthem.

Words by JOSEF KAJETÁN TYL (1808-1856) 

Music by FRANTIŠEK JAN ŠKROUP (1801-1862)

Facts and Data.

Area: 78,886 sq.km
Capital: Prague (Praha) (Population: 1,213,800)
Length of state border: 2,303 km
Population: 10,304,302
Population density: 131 inhabitants/sq. km
Time zone: Central European Time (C.E.T.)
Political system: Parliamentary democracy
Currency: Koruna (Kc) - Czech crown (CZK) /1 USD = 40.2 CZK ..6 May, 2000/CNB
 

Slovak National Anthem

Make Love not war!

Nad Tatrou sa blúska, hromy divo bijú,

Nad Tatrou sa blúska, hromy divo bijú.
Zastavme ich, bratia, ved' sa ony stratia, Slováci oûijú.

Zastavme ich, bratia, ved' sa ony stratia, Slováci oûijú.

To Slovensko naëe posial' tvrdo spalo,

To Slovensko naëe posial' tvrdo spalo.
Ale blesky hromu vzbudzujú ho k tomu, aby sa prebralo.

Ale blesky hromu vzbudzujú ho k tomu, aby sa prebralo

Translation

Lighting flashes over the Tatra, the thunder pounds wildly,

Lighting flashes over the Tatra, the thunder pounds wildly.

Let them pause, brothers, they will surely disappear, the Slovaks will revive,

Let them pause, brothers, they will surely disappear, the Slovaks will revive.

This Slovakia of our has been fast asleep until now,

This Slovakia of our has been fast asleep until now.

But the thunder and lighting are encouraging it to come alive,

But the thunder and lighting are encouraging it to come alive.

There was two section: Czech and Slovak.

From 1993, when Slovakia separeted,

only the Slovak section has been retained

by the new Slovak Republic as the National Anthem.

Words by JANKO MATÚžKA (1821-1877)

Composer unknown